Bill Ellis

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = William Ellis

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|8|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rolleston, Nottinghamshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|6|9|1919|8|15|df=yes}}

| death_place = Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

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| club1 = Nottinghamshire

| year1 = 1948

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 79

| bat avg1 = 19.75

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 45

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| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 20 May

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12659.html Cricinfo

}}

William Ellis (15 August 1919 – 9 June 2007) was an English cricketer. Ellis was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Rolleston, Nottinghamshire.

Ellis made two first-class appearances for Nottinghamshire in the 1948 County Championship, against Leicestershire and Worcestershire, with both matches played at Trent Bridge.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29272/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Bill Ellis|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=22 May 2012}} Against Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat first, making 176/6 declared, with Ellis not required to bat. Leicestershire responded in their first-innings by making 169/6, at which point the match, heavily impacted by adverse weather, was declared a draw.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18477.html|title=Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire, 1948 County Championship|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=22 May 2012}} In his second match, Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat, making 200 all out. In response, Nottinghamshire made 334 all out in their first-innings, with Ellis being dismissed for 29 by Peter Jackson. Worcestershire reached 295/3 in their second-innings, with Ellis taking a single wicket, that of centurion Roly Jenkins for 109, to finish with figures of 1/49 from fifteen overs.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18560.html|title=Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire, 1948 County Championship|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=22 May 2012}}

He died at Dewsbury, Yorkshire, on 9 June 2007.